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A nature GCSE, quinoa and the return of the ospreys

Rural news and issues, including a call for a nature-literate nation, growing a superfood in the UK, and catching up with the Glasllyn ospreys.

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Tue 2 May 201700:30
BBC Radio Wales

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In more detail....

In more detail....

Learning about Nature - a petition to put natural history on the curriculum and put nature back at the heart of education.

Ospreys - we catch up with the latest news of the Bywyd Gwyllt Glaslyn Wildlife project near Porthmadog

Lapwings - how 6 shetland sheep are helping the red-listed Lapwing at WWT Llanelli

Quinoa - the demand for this superfood has grown over the past decade, so much so, that it's raised concerns about food security South America. So is it a crop we can grow here? We meet one of the 14 Quinoa growers in the UK cultivating the crop on his farm on the Welsh border

and the launch of the Ark of Taste Wales - what Welsh food would you suggest?

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  • Sun 30 Apr 201707:03
    BBC Radio Wales
  • Tue 2 May 201700:30
    BBC Radio Wales

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